pizzapranks

" Oh boy! This thread again!  Anyways, everything is art.  Somebody might see the shit I took an hour ago as art.  In other words, anything and everything can be art.  If somebody says that video games are not art then that is just their opinion. "

Just don't play arena. If you stick to the objective based maps, dying isn't too huge a penalty as you come back pretty quickly (immediately on some servers).

Have you ever been to OCRemix?

Since the Internet makes it seem so easy to be an independent artist, I have been trying to do as much. Of course the hardest part of all that (besides possibly making the stuff) is getting someone to pay attention to you. I (and countless others) have posted our game projects/aspirations to the forums in hopes of getting someone to notice you (they usually don't). This thread is for us. The idea behind this thread is that the various aspiring game developers (and other artists looking for attention) will be not only able to show off their work but also meet their peers in the industry. The peer involvement may very well be the most important function this thread serves. It is here where you can be told that what you make is kind of crappy AND how to fix it by people who (probably) know what they're doing.
 
I know that this may be a broad topic to make but I figured I would give it a shot. If it comes to needing multiple threads to keep things sensible I guess that can only be a good thing. In cases such as that I will make sure the main table here links to that thread so that this thread can at least serve as a convenient hub for indie works. Following is the said table and some guidelines that will hopefully keep the thread from devolving into nothing but self-endorsing spam. I got the idea of making a thread at Giant Bomb because it seems to have a good number of people who make (or want to make) games (and other creative works) and people who just enjoy playing (reading, listening, etc. to) them. Hopefully this will go well.
 
Also, after making this thread I will have begun PMing all the game creators I could find on Giant Bomb so if you know, or are, a game creator (or another kind of artist) feel free to PM who they are (if you know them) or join the thread (if you are them).
 

Guideline

Creators List

My suggestions for the list:
Travis Touchdown 
Ryo Hazuki
Servbot
Heat Man
Chu Chus
 
And since I think I'm a little late for Gordon Freeman (and awful at drawing) all I can offer up is this little drawing which I made because I thought the Black Mesa logo looked kinda like Gordon Freeman's head. But I will try my best at making an actual Leon even though I'm garbage at drawing.